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".y*.~~," "7"F"**k i^x?x!������������^^ \ '^h^lthev fdllowm viiXaoid^ ies^asVwell asVfdr'Vhjer^ J6y^?AyyyjyjyjA/'^yAAJ 2. Protesting tie cowte of heir allies & well \ls her own. v , y 3. Straggling in co-operation with the French, to smash the Turks and win-the Balkans. [tor the allied cause. * 4. Rendering great aid to French and Bel- Igian troop's in resisting the terrible onslaughts lof the Qermans on the allied.left wing in the Iwest. X - 5. Making loans and supplying munitions to |nearly all her partners in the war. 6. Pursuing a financial policy in Southeast- I ern Europe likely to promote the cause of the I nationalities. 7. Putting into the field more than "ten times jas many men as she ever promised. * - - ��������� 8. Guarding her own soil and people against an invasion, which, if .it, came-^-atid* it is believed to be far from'impossible���������doubtless would be the most savage, the most, unsparing ever known. With how many ment -Well, with enough. To hear some people talk, one would ^Suppose that upon Britain were laid the duty of defending every land-but her own.X Britain's wealth and sea power and military power are the one sure safeguard against the I triumph of Germany's unparalleled war machine. Without Britain's help France and Russia certainly must have been crushed. Without Brit- jain's whole-hearted participation in-the war, who will say that Italy would have ventured"* to challenge .the mighty and merciless .Germanic [coalition? With Britain out of the struggle [would there have been any .hope, of the Balkan j States daring to move? " .. _ And Britain���������never forget it���������was not com- Ipelled to (go tb the aid of France. Come what ���������7might,-the most that ever Britain promised France were six - divisions^-120,00Q- men. She was not in honor, bound to send.a single soldier more. She could have, stayed outxof the "war, t Germany had begged her to stay out of the (war. Disgraced -she? might nave been���������ss Britons ; think, must have been^jf J������be had left Belgium - and, France and European liberty to their doomi But she. could *Jiw������*^w_p������^^ < are without disgrace, without historical .pages they fain would obliterate. , Britain was not attacked. France and Russia were attacked. Britain might have awaited, the onset���������as America is awaiting the onset. Britain might have stood clear, might have husbanded ber resources of men and money, might swiftly have' prepared, even might have "Wnned over the stricken . adversaries in the end ahdelaimed the hegemony of Europe for herself., Britain did not do so. She threw her trident into the scale. She threw her sword into the scale���������and she is incalculably rich. She threw in the balance her impressive racial record, her prestige, her unrivalled diplomatic skill. She threw���������is throwing���������will throw into the balance the whole puissance of her Empire. ' ��������� And all for what? For the principle���������the fruits of the principle���������of the liberty of the individual against-the despotism-of the state, _ _ Britain, one can believe, may be the author of some acts of which she is not proud���������may have done some things to cause' her, looking back upon them with full light to wish they had never been done. But in this war this old and , proud democracy is unfolding, applying a material strength and a moral splendor that for ��������� countless ages after this conflict is stilled will be shining undimmed amid the first glories of history. FARM UVE STOCK IN CANADA IT IS ESTIMATED from the reports of correspondents that the numbers of farm live "-.'���������' stock in Canada at June 30, 1915, were as follows: Horses, 2,996,009, milch cows 2,666,846, Other cattle 3,399,155, all cattle 6,066,001, sheep 2,038,662, swine 3,111,900. As compared with .1914, these figures represent increases of 48,361 horses, 35,624 otherl cattle, and 29,184 all cattle; but decreases of 6,440 milch cows, 19,383 sheep and 322,361 swine. ,, % ������������������__ SCHOOL GARDENS fias*X THE NATIONAL BUREAU of Education has great faith in the child's garden. Agents have been appointed to promote garden work in city schools throughout the country:' It is hoped in the course of a few years to include garden work among the studies in all public' schools. Commissioner Claxton, head of the Federal Bureau of Education, has visions of almost fabulous wealth springing from children's gardens in - the city schools alone. He reduces his optimism to dollars: "Experiments already made by the Bureau of Education show that with -proper direction an average child between the ages , of six and twenty can produce from an eighth of an acre from fifty to one hundred dollars' worth of : vegetables. A third of the children\in the city schools plight easily produce $300,000,000 worth a year." While this, estimate must jhe discounts ed fifty per cent, because of practical reasons, it serves to bring attention to the value of the garden movement." I ffic" been on such precarious groundsas at this montent���������never have its friends-, and advocates been so uneasy as now. It very largely depends on the wisdom and sincerity of the delegates to^tfije, convention what the future of British" Colutftjna is to he in so far as the liquor traffic is concerned. . " Never has this province been so thoroughly roused as at this time on this great issue./Men everywhere are serious and determined.to rid our fair commonwealth of this social and economic cur$o. . ��������� - The flame Old Excuses It is almost amusing to note how the apologist^ for "The Traffic" trot out the old time-worn excuses and call th*W arguments. "It wquld never do , to disrupt trade at this critical time and no thoughtful person would think of it," says one. Disrupt trade! We arel'rjrtiig to diam a serious ecoifomic leak ��������� In our commercial dyke, which threatens; to��������� swamp us in a deluge of despotic militarism unless we succeed instopgipglit. We are seeking to fumigate the. corrupted national hlfe and rid it of soine of its cancerous growths, so that we ������ may properly discharge our duty as a nation. '���������-"-���������. "Ohj But you have no right to~ interfere^ with individual liberty," , says another. Too stale, my friend, too olo. ^ind time-Worn. Get something1 new.v Why do we force people to connect their houses with the. .sewer? Because ��������� their unsanitary'yards are a menace to others. Why do we refuse to allow a man to practice rifle shooting, in a settled community t Because he endangers the lives of Others. Why do we ioxce a. man to spray his orchard. Because if he did not it Would endanger the orchards of others. Why must we report io the health authorities all contagious diseases? To protect the health of others. And so we could go on'indefinitely. Hundreds, of restrictive or prohibitive laws, bearing on infividual freedom of action and "all because itr affects others. Society does not recognize individual right if it - conflicts with the, welfare of the whole community. If ever a practice or a habit could successfully be indicted on this score, it is the, Liquor Traffic. * Grant that a man-has a right-to make a beast of himself, to say nothing of a fool, he'has no right to penalize sand persecute others���������his children, his wife, his friends", Bis neighbors. *'/ '~. ''-* :/-/ ', - "Oh, but you cannot make^a law-that w|Ji stop it," confidently asserts another. No law will stop^ stealing, or murder; or raptor cheating, etc., tb^re- ... fore, ths law is bad, and. tfcese things should be ' 4regulatecl, ���������! a^d -awt. made eriihes.^ ^T^ii-K "fe' jus^'"asrfsensible as'to Refuse to make a law't>ecaiise^of fke difficulty of enforcement. X "You can*t make men moral by legislating." No, but we can stop them. from becoming public charges, from dragging their families dowu fa poverty iand disgrace, and if they haven*t back-bone enough to fee moral, we can take away the." greased skidway" along which they have so weakly travelled to ruin. _ - ��������� "You are all a bunch of hypocrites,7 says Mr. Shallcross. If it is hypo-, crisy to have a conviction- and express it���������if it is hypocritical to openly attack what we considered a social defect, if it is hypocrisy to protect our .boys, . then we cheerfully plead guilty, but the good X-ord deliver us from-such wiseacres as Shallcross. N > ��������� To Mr. Glass Special Credit Is Pue The credit for successfully organizing this great convention very largely belongs to Mr. Glass, who has been tireless in his efforts. He is a coming young man and will yet stamp His' personality on our province. The convention would do'^well to weigh his worth ah~d7 if possitye, avail ~ itself of his splendid abilities in futher organizing- this great movement. He works right. There is little of the spectacular and none of the "professional purifier" about him; he is business, and soon impresses those whom he comes in contact, with that he means business. We heartily join with many others in congratulating him on this initial success, and hope he will have early opportunity in demonstrating still further his fine organizing abilities. -t^thMdeleiiAti^ the ^I^tol������tib#-'<3p^ mission " ' '"" quest. answer:.,. ,..,. vi.v.. ,,���������._���������.,_.���������..,.........J.1J^.,.,..,,.r... ,..,.���������, t <vIt has been decided, after careful dehbeirnr- tion, to si-rf^ iscite of the%* electorate. as vib^?a^M'^nasi|^^ the nroy^;mAAJAAmk:mytMs<mm^ The^^ibmij&mm;^^ cide. Vm&*i&^..^xt&&Ai^^ of a voting; would ity must loopht COLONEL VXCTOE W. ODLUM WE HAVE LEARNED with sincere regret that Col.'' Victor w. Odium, "has been somewhat seriously wounded, although; not fatally. Co\. Odium has had a remarkable experience during the past year, having been in the. very thick of the contest time and again, yet escaping all harm. It will be remembered that he was with Gol. Hart-McHarg on a reconnaissance, when Col. Hart-McHarg was killed. It may be of interest to our readers to know that over a year ago on the outbreak of war Col. Odium (then Major) was one of the first men in British Columbia to offer his services. He went to the federal member and insisted that he wire General Hughes offering to go to the "front. - He held at that time the rank of major, but in his characteristic way he said, "I offer my services as an officer of the' militia, but if there is no room for m6 in that capacity then take me as a private, as go I must." Needless to say, General Hughes, fully aware of the merits and value of Col. Odium, ordered that he retain his rank as major, avhich he did until the death of Col. McHarg, when he assumed control of the battalion with the rank of Lieut.-Colonel. ' It is because we have such- men as this -at the front that we know the cause for which we are contending is safe and the ultimate issue 'sure.. - ": ���������.���������'���������:���������"������������������ CROPS IN INDIA THE INDIAN TRADE JOURNAL of June 3 publishes the final wheat forecase for 1914-15, according to which the total area reported as sown to wheat is 32,230,000 acres, as compared with 32,148,000 acres reported on April 14, and with 28,475,000 acres, the revised final area of last year. The present figure therefore, shows an increase of 3,755,000 acres, or 13 p.e, as against the final estimate of .1913-14: The. total yield is estimated at 383,376,000 bushels, as compared with 312,032,000 bushels, the revised final estimate of last year���������an increase of nearly 23 per cent. X VANCOUVER HARBOUR If B- C. goes dry, we will have a; splendid chance for Dominion Prohibition. Ontario is about half dry now, and so are the Maritime provinces. Do your duty, B. C. The Harbour of Vancouver, B.C., as defined by the Vancouver Harbour Commissioners Act, contains 98.4 lineal miles of waterfront. There is 7.45 lineal miles of foreshore on Burrard Inlet and 6.70 lineal miles on False Creek now fully occupied. The area of the^harbour is 48.58 square miles as summarized below: " English Bay, 20.20. Burrard Inlet, 13.84. False Creek, 1.17. North Arm, 13.37. Total, 48.58 miles. ���������./ The approximate amount of waterfront, crown granted is 7.57 lineal miles. The approximate amount of waterfront, leased is 12.72 lineal mil.es. The approximate amount of waterfront leases appHed for. 4.00 lineal miles. If prohibition will not lessen the consumption of liquor, then why get excited about it? THE estimates are nowr, deliiulfcly.r'3^ 986,400VacresyVwhiebfisVne^ than theVare^VsdwnV^ the ar^a>--fe$i^ acres, compared with last yefti^ : of 1,495600 acresXoatSy; 1^365^ 10,061,500; A hay andV Clover, %875p&M^faeres, ag8instj^7WW^:-btte^^ against- 354,400;; flax VVsiE*^ against ' 1,163,000 ��������� y cornXfbr huskiii^ 253,000 fmres, against i 256,000 -V^brnV fbr fdddei% ^3,400 vcrrr^ -against 317,000 ;p^ against 475|900;;;; ahd turnips; ete.^t72^ acres, against-;:175,000vj^rJesi^/^pJk-A^/ ������������������' kky/ In the tnree Northwesi provinces���������Manitoba, Saskatchewan^ arid ^berta^the estimated vareas sown-^J-^eat^areXU^^^^ 963 000 acres, toA oats 6,290,000 lucres, Vwict to flax t,004;000 acres; ��������� as comparedv^th tlw>f bar- ��������� vested areas-of last ^aryiviz^ Vwneat v9;335^00, barley 936,000, oatsJ5,353,(XW and fl^ acres. Mote than half of: theV toroi ^STC^ nnder wheat and 89'jp.c. of the area under flax is reported fa*om the single province of Saskatchewan. '.rt*' i������.>*4_t_ BRITAIN NOT ASLEEP vwA J/m ''0m Xiil '.i-i'i*4,l m- SPIES IN ENGLAND are finding it very difficult to get information to Germany. The, post has riot proved so satisfactory for them f.s our complacent methods led them to believe, with the result that most information has to be carried to Germany by the spy himself. From the outbreak of war until March spies managed to come and go by way of Holland without undue interference from the police. But after March 8 no one other than certain specified official persons were allowed to embark for Holland at Folkestone or Tilbury until he had obtained a permit. The spy who was prevented from reaching home by way of Holland, however, was not put out of action. He went by way of Norway, Sweden, or Denmark, taking longer for the journey, but contriving to reach the enemy. Now he is faced with an order coming into force which makes a permit necessary for travel to these three countries. Permits sound comparatively easy to obtain, a mere matter of filling up forms, but the permit office have strewn the way of the spy with hazards by demanding that every applicant for a permit shall present himself for cross-examination on any or every. point that may occur to the inquisitor. : In a private room there are small tables 'ranked along the wall, at each of which there -isvan applicant undergoing-viva voce examination. The Officials are serene and inspire confidence. They sit and chat with an applicant as they feel his moral pulse. The spyXiomes out of the interview flattered arid content, waiting for his permit to be delivered in due course. But it does not eome. Spy travellers to Holland have been practically choked off. Now the last remaining routes home are to be closed against them. v . i-.--������jtj. XyXXX' *���������*������������������������ ���������^Wrt*j**j_,_*^'i'4-*������*������������ -������>*���������__. ������ !_, ^.tSj:*/**, ��������� ���������������������������irTV '.iin.iT im-iliii , x-v- -- la Friday,1 August 27, 1915 PUBLIC HEALTH-ALCOHOLISM ������ The following article on Public Health, with direct reference to Alcoholism, written by Dr. A. P. Proctor, we take from one of -last year's issues of the West- minster Hall Magazine. Its reproduction is in keeping with the movement this week in favor of total prohibition of alcohol in its many forms throughout the province of British Columbia. Following tuberculosis I must touch on the great question of alcoholism, a subject upon which I almost hesitate to speak because so great has been the injury to this question by the injudicious utterances of many in the name of temperance reform; and yet yon cannot toneh the question of the public health without being brought face to face with the curse of this disease. Nothing next to tuberculosis is doing more to destroy and nothing at all to so demoralize onr - people. Alcoholism is said to be the cause of ten per cent, of all mortality, twenty per cent, of all disease, fifty per cent, of all idiocy, insanity, and pauperism, and from seventy-five to ninety per cent, of all criminality. These are facts, not fancies. If yon doubt them go to the judiciary, your police' authorities, yonr gaols, asylums, hospitals, and learn the facts first hand and you will realize, not only the truth* of ' these figures but how conservar tive they are. Alcoholism stands out pre-eminently as the' great . cause of our national inefficiency. Can any man who contemplates these facts and realizes the ter* '- rible effects on tbe efficiency and fitness of- the race and remains in- " different lay any claim to good citizenship f Do you' realize what this question means to.your own city" and province? In one year in the City of Vancouver there were three thou sand nine hundred and sixty-nine arrests for drunkenness. How many arrests for other offences were the direct and indirect result of intoxicating liquors, I do not know, but I am prepared to say that the percentage was high. A few weeks ago the chief warden of the penitentiary at New Westminster stated that whenever a prisoner was admitted he is asked if he is an abstainer; whether or not he is a moderate drinker, or whether he drinks to excess. He further stated that he had no hesitation in saying that over" seventy-five per cent, of the convicts owe their downfall to habitual intemperance. Listen to what Dr. Doherty, Superintendent of the Provincial .Asylum at New Westminster, had to say in his annual report on the conduct of that institution for 1912: "Excessive indulgence in alcohol is reported aa having been the exciting cause of 13.8 per cent, of the total number of admissions. There can be no question that, alcohol is a potent exciting cause in a large percentage of cases particularly where any predisposition lurks, and there can be no question that the matter of properly handling the liquor trar ffic is to-day one of the greatest problems confronting the Canadian* people." These* conditions are of course not peculiar to our province. \ -s Some months, ago, when some statements I had made as to the results of this traffic in our city had been called in question I selected a few cases ionly from my own work which may be of interest here; I was called down to the railroad track one day to' see a man/a young man at that, Who had both his legs off as a result of > being intoxicated, and who died three minutes before he reached the hospital. , I was called to see another man, a sailor, who had his left' leg ground to MQ. %" Means Quigley Brand Sweater Coats. MQ, 8." Means Guaranteed Unbreakable Welt Seams. *'Q, *." Means "Jfacte in ������. 0." , by WWto Bejp. Jfe Vancouver Knitting Co., U4. , .Bonnie's Seeds and AW JBnd* of Seed Potatoes , Li Pelta Grain and Feed Store X*Hl H9ain Street Our Specialty '_, Potatoes and All Kinds of Vegetables ^ _ _. ��������� .free City Pelivwy Phone: Fairmont 2144* Vancouver, 3. 0. "Pride of the West" =���������= PRANP OVEBALLS. SHIRTS, PANTS and MACKINAW CLOTHING MANUFACTURED IN VANCOUVER By MACKAY SMITH, BLAIR & CO., LTD. "Buy Goods Made at Home, and get both the Goods and the Money." DRILL HALL AT CHILLIWACX, B. 0. pieces as a result of lying on the tracks while intoxicated', and only a few months ago I amputated the right _ arm below the shoulder of a young carpenter who was run over while lying intoxicated. Some time ago a young man was brought into our hospital with both legs off, as a result of lying on the1 tracks while intoxicated. He lived only a short time, but long enough to tell this story. He had reached our city but.a few days before, bringing with him his1 season's earnings, about $125; and had gone to one of our hotels. He got drunk and the next thing he knew was when he was on the track with both legs off, and, needless to say, no money. Shortly after making this state* ment, he died. * I asked the Medical Superintendent of the Vancouver General Hospital to give me some facts as to the present results of this traffic, and here they are, with the names, of course unstated: A���������Nov. 3, 1913���������Acute alcoholism. B���������Nov. 2, 1913���������Alcoholism. C���������Oct. 26, 1913���������Alcoholism. D���������Oct. 20, ^1913���������Delirium Tremens. E���������Oct. 18, 1913���������Alcoholic Cerebral Degeneration (asylum). P���������Oct. 10, 1913���������Acute alco holism. G���������Oct. 9, 1913���������Delirium Tre mens (college graduate). H���������Oct. 9,1913���������Alcoholic Gar- tritis. I���������Oct. 9, 1913���������Alcoholism, injury to head resulting in concussion. These 'cases were picked out at random. Of the numerous cases admitted in September, the following are some of the more serious: A���������Found on street. Acute alcoholism, later developing into delirium tremens. This followed by alcoholic insanity. Now in New Westminster Mental Hos pital. B���������Died from alcoholism. C���������Acute alcoholism. Died shortly after admission., D���������Acute alcoholism. Scuffle in hotel. Fractured base of skull Died seven'hours later. Are not these sufficient,' painfully sufficient, facts that overwhelm us with a feeling that something akin to a national disaster is taking place in our midst? , Whatever other people may think, members of ray profession know, that alcohol' is a narcotic drug with all that that means in,tbe matter of the creation of habit. Whatever may be considered the value of alcohol as a drug in the treatment of dis ease, medical opinion to-day is coming overwhelmingly to the belief' that the healthy man or woman is better without alcohol. I ara a total abstainer, because I believe in total abstinence, and yet I am not foolish enough to believe that all those who do not see eye to eye with me may not be profoundly interested in this question, and I am of the opinion that one of the mistakes^ made _by_J;he average temperance reformer is to throw into* a hostile camp all those who are not prepared to take an extreme position on this question. The majority of our people are not indifferent. I meet and talk Mpth all sorts of people, many of whom are far from total abstainers, and I -find them for the most part profoundly interested, and the support of these people could be obtained any time by the right man for sane measures. For the open' bar. in the hands of men whose every interest it is to sell as much as possible, is horribly wrong.* Surely it should not be difficult for an- intelligent administrative body to devise some system under which, if men must have alcohol, they can have it under the best conditions of government control, in which the question of personal profit to the dispenser is eliminated and where the quality of what they drink is guaranteed. Present conditions, under which alcohol is to-day sold, constituting what is confessedly one of the most dangerous businesses I know of, lend themselves not only to the degradation of the man who buys but also of. the man who sells. I do not wish to be misunderstood, I believe absolutely that men and women are infinitely better without alcohol and I believe that some day the world will look back with amazement at our toleration of a traffic which means so much ruin, degradation and human suffering. But I realize that the attainment of this will only be reached through years of education, and any attempt to achieve the goal suddenly would mean failure. At the same time I have sufficient faith in our people of to-day and belieye that any government ? wise enough and- big enough to deal with this problem along sane lines will get the support of the majority of our people. IS YOUR SERVICE WORTH IT? Service is usually measured by what the world is willing ta pay for, it. Money is the measure by which the value of a man's property or his service is estimated. There are hundreds of ways both legal and illegal, whereby one may obtain another's property without giving anything in re tufn. Theft and inheritance are the chief methods. But since the universal abolition of slavery there has been practically no other method of obtaining ' a man's service than to pay him for it--if we make exception of such services of love as are rendered free of all charge. Therefore, money has become an almost accurate measure of the service of a man or woman is able to render in business, in the judgment of thousands of owners.-There are,many exceptions and inequalities, but in the main, a man who renders a service worth a_ dollar a day, according to present market prices, will get just about a dollar, while the man of better education and training, who renders a service worth four dollars and a half, will receive something in the neighborhood of four dollars and fifty cents. Do not be ashained of the effort tov get more money. If your service is honorable and your work efficient, its reward should be an increase in pay. _, * NEUTRAL TRADE The United States having apparently argued Germany to' si fence about- the "Lusitania," is now. with impartial justice, arguing Britain, perhaps to silence, about the interruption of neutral commerce on the high seas. Brit ain maintains, it is admitted, an effective blockade of the-German ports onj the North Sea, and' her action in that respect is not' disputed by the government of ttie United States, though some of the United States newspapers weakly- contend that the blockade is not -impartial because it does not extend to the German ports on the Baltic, which' are open to the trade of Norway and Sweden. The question is as to-the right of Britain to interrupt neutral commerce with Germany through the neutral ports ;of the Jiow Countries, like Rotterdam. Britain contends that she has merely extended or adapted the old principles of blockade to new circumstances. She argues that since it is recognized that blockade is an appropriate method of war, it_ is just that an enemy country should not escape the consequences of the blockade of its own ports by passing its trade through neutral territory. So, the ^interception- of an enemy's trade being lawful, interception ought not to be confined to the old-fashioned blockade, but tbe blockading country ought to be permitted to make blockade effective by intercepting trade with neutral ports. If Britain's action is not justified, it will be difficult to find any moral principle, apart from the acknowledged practice of nations, on which to support the old blockade. The United States herself, during the civil war, declared a blockade of the southern states, which she could not make effective, but by resorting to practices similar to those now complained of. She intercepted, for example, cargoes destined to Jamaica for transhipment to the south, and justified'the procedure by developing what is called the doctrine of continuous voyage. ���������Toronto Weekly Sun. SELECTING SEED POTATOES Largely Increased Yield Results From Individual Hill Selection. For many years farmers have given attention to the planting, manuring and cultivation of their potato crop,, but generally neglected methods of seed selection or breeding. Regarding live stock it is universally recognized that it pays to put forth every effort toward improving the strain by careful selection and breeding. The field of plant breeding and selection offers to every farmer an interesting and profitable diversion, aud it should becoriie 'the farmer's hobby. Experiments have shown that potatoes grown from hill-selected seed will give an increase of from ^y^/^^m^^^- ^Hk?f^> GUN OB8W ASHORE FROM ONB OF BBXTAIN'S W.&BSBXFB Phone .Seymour 8171 STOREY & CAMPBELL 518-520 BEATTY ST. VANCOUVER, S.C. MANUFACTURERS OP Light and Heavy Harness, Mexican Saddles, Closed Uppers, Leggings, etc. A large stock of Trunks and Valises always v on hand. - BUQQIES, WAGONS, Etc. Leather ot all kinds. Horse Clothing. We are the largest manufacturers and importers of Leather Goods in B. C. 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Enough may be selected in this way each year to plant a plot sufficiently large to supply the seed for the whole crop the following year. No farmer is too poor to have bis own breeding patch of grain or potatoes. Indeed, if they but knew, farmers can ill afford to be without the breeding plot to supply seed for their own planting. , "ROUOa ON EATS" ciear. oot rati, mice, etc. Don't die in tbe bouse. 15c and 26c at drug and country stores. %4. ^W9^8tJt~1 QCCQ ~" Ottawa, CawKU PJUNGLE *% aUTHRIH Barrister* and Solicitor* Clive Pringle. N. 0. Gatbrie. Parliamentary Solicitors, Departmental Agents, Board of Railway Commissioner* Mr., Clive Pringle is a member ot tbe Bar of British Columbia. Glttam Building, Ottawa. Perfect grammar may clothe a vicious thought. SSE HORSESHOE BAY (Near Whytecliff Station) PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY ��������� ��������� ��������� ��������� A Beautiful Ride. . Splendid" Picnic Park. . ��������� Bathing Beach and Bath House. Swings, etc., for the Baddies. Smooth Water for Boating. The Best Place to Catch Sea-Trout. ��������� ��������� ��������� There is always "something doing" at Horseshoe Bay. Take the children before school opens. Bound Trip Adult Pare FIFTY GENTS Friday, August 27, 1915 "*- > / i.1 X, "X j,i-,X ^-; xX^JijsX'X t< 1 J " . ~ tj.-* r 4^^.' * . V l f 4 I- ' ." ^<-4 no- ^41 1 <5 r ir< .t .' i I ' ) ' j X, r , OV * i1 ' . ��������������� ')������ '"������������������SB " *4 f >i X1 ~4 -" % " ^ ** ., l ^ ~* '4^h Ji v.-fV~Vt _ 1^ V, "- _ fv\ * - 4 I ^ 1 ' ^1,'r'- J?'f' ' It is more than one year ago that five cabinet ministers waited in Downing street at the official residence of the Prime ,Min- ister of Great Britain for* the reply to the British ultimatum that Germany'should .respect the neutrality'of Belgium and by so doing avoid war (at least for a time) with this country. 4 They all knew (and" we shall know later on) that owing to criminal folly and an utter disregard of the warnings of those best fitted to know, and those best informed, that the country ���������as past events have proven��������� was utterly unprepared for war. The great bell of Big Ben boomed out the hour, and the / ministers who had fbr more than ten yean been responsible for the affairs of the British Empire gazed in silence upon one another and knew that the country had drifted into that awful struggle, which many feared and plenty knew must come. The whole burden of the frightful issues, for Europe, for the world, for civilization, and religion was decided when no answer coming from the ultimatum at 12 o'clock that night Great Britain had thrown her might into the scale on the Bide of Prance, Bussia. Belgium" and Servia, ahd was , at war��������� General von Bernhardi, three years before in .his book said, ''War is for Germany a necessity. She has no option. She must choose between world power and downfall"��������� ~ " ~ ' ' st So be it. Germany has chosen. The peace-loving, sausage-eating, .beer swilling, cheap toy making, friends of. the late Lord Chancellor of England have shown to the whole world their utter indifference to any-kind of civilized life whatever. N- * At first she started by violating the neutrality of Belgium, disregarding to her' shame, her solemn treaties, then the world was shocked by the awful tales of the cold blooded murder of civilians, the "violating of women, and the mutilating of children. Civilization stood still for the moment, to say it was shock ed is to use but a mild word, it was dumb-founded. It could not believe that the revolting crimes charged to the Germans could ever be committed by white man or black, in tbis civilized age of Our Lord 1915. From that date Germany has never looked back. 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Near Broadway Bring your Bepair Work hers and get a free pass to the Bro-t-l- way Theatre ���������rank* British and neutral vessels and murdered their passengers and crews,r and just 'recently violated the neutrality of Denmark by " shelling a defenceless crew who were ashore and under the protection of the flag of that .country. And now in August, 1915, after one year ofr war we know that there is nothing too base, nothing too inhuman, nothing too degrading for the Germans. Our moral senses - have been dumbfounded, our sense of justice out-' raged beyond measure, and we really begin to question the wisdom of God���������the whole atmosphere seems poisoned, and night and morning we ask ourselves how can Almighty God allow such deeds to be committed and such brutes to live, -\ For more than one year the Germans have made war their own way. In that year how we have suffered! We have been patient with a patience that was only taught by The "Man of Sorrows" Himself. We have taken our defeats with fortitude. We have thought our loved ones well lost by dying to* rid the world of such an accursed menace. We have had faith} and have believed in the triumph of our cause On the end. We have put bright faces upon our grief, and who Khali say that this patience, this sorrow, this fortitude and ibis faith is not the test���������the test��������� to prove ourselves worthy before the Great Creator of all things ���������worthy to represent humanity in the future���������purified by trial��������� and warned by the diabolical acts of. our enemies how low it* is possible for great nations to sink whose one aim is inordinate lust of power. Our enemies have gained several victories over the Russians, but they have lost hundreds of thousands of men. guns do not last forever and'shells cannot be manufactured without the material. The pinnacle of Germany's fighting force was reached some time' ago, and although she has men enough to make herself formidable for years, each day that most marvellous machine known as the German army is losing in efficiency and will continue to do so until it is forced to stop/ - Knowing that in munitions Bussia. was much the weaker the Kaiser has brought his whole forces against her and in some respects he has succeeded. But be will shortly have to deal with Great Britain and France, who have been piling up such a supply of all things essential to battle. The new armies of Britain are not worn down by being rushed from one frontier to another. They are the flower of our Empire and before long the political success of the Emperor in the east will, we believe, be offset by the beginning of the end in the west. - The Balkan states realize this, they know that in the end Germany inust fall. The Turkish am- gassador who has just been recalled from Berlin also said the beginning of the end was in sight, and the reckless action of the German -submarine, .campaign, and the smack in the face to the United States by the sinking of the Arabic, are but signs of a desperation which spells disaster. The German losses are nearer four million than three. The attempt of Germany to force munitions through Roumania, her threats, her disregard .of smaller nations, all point to the desire I believe she has to give in by declaring that it is impossible to fight the world. How many men we have in France or Flanders no man except Kitchener himself knows. How many in the Dardanelles and Servia we can only guess. And how many awaiting the order to advance in England is a deeper mystery. But we do know now that every man, every gun, every motor, and all supplies are ready and in their right place, thanks to the Russians keeping the Germans employed for the past four or five months. - We have spent long days in the gloom. Our sky has been overcast with clouds of blackness. But we have been patient beyond words. If some of us exasperated by the inhuman deeds of our foes, have called for them to be dealt with in a like manner, it has not been done���������and I believe this was because we had faith in oar cause That .without .staking to the depths our enemies have sunk into, we shall be able in time to rid the world of a brutal, materialistic force and make it a better place to live in for coming generations. The dawn is in the sky, onr sun will soon rise and shine upon a field of battle where 'our arms will be victorious, and the world will admit that those victories were won with honor, and glory over an enemy who disgraced the name of man. And who knows, perhaps, our hearts will be lifted up with thankfulness that the blood that was spilt, as far as Britain was concerned, was lost according to civilized warfare, when men fought men, and in the days to come little children will shudder* at the name of the Emperor Wilhelm II ��������� ��������� ��������� What is the next game between Berlin and Washington T Bluff or cut-throat? .- ��������� ��������� ��������� ' Arrived in this country March, 1913. Naturalized and a postmaster at Sperling, B. C, 1915, and still there. Did this man learn to love Britain in Germany f ��������� * ��������� " Quite enthusiastic those recruiting meetings, songs, recitations, speeches. Organized by the Recruiting Officer1? I don't think. ��������� ��������� ��������� , I should say there was a chance to avenge the "Arabic" in the Baltic if our submarines can only get busy. ��������� # 9 I hear from reliable authority that the 29th battalion is fixed -t- fijaas-fX , _!______ ,. w *m w - ��������� " ^ Jos. H. Bowman X 'X > 91041 Yorkshire Building Seymour Street V-ancoover, B. C / "X > ������'*\4 ' I ,' J< ���������V; /( X Telephone: North Vancouver 108 "X.A'v < - ���������< j ������ s x' y WALLACE SHIPYARDS, LTD. 1 " - ��������� x- SHIP BtJILDERa-SCOW.S-BlPA.IEB ."���������'. MAEINE RAILWAY North Vancouver, B. O. V A* i "���������*���������--. *fo*. ff\ j I THE HEN WHO ARE COMING BACH Here mid there in our citier and towns and quiet country places^men who-have been,fighting for king and country in that greatest of all great struggles the world has known are slipping back quietly to the homes from which they went out in health and vigor a few short months ago. Some of them will rest and recuperate, and perhaps return again to the scene of conflict; but for others, alas! fighting days and perchance even working days are over. . are coining back everywhere show a spirit of intense serious-, ness. "It makes a man think,*' they say. And sorely, indeed, it must. It is making na who stay at home think aa we have not done before in 'all onr lives. Not that they or we or any of us are disheartened ofr frightened of the future, but the emptiness and' frivolity has gone ont of things, and life .seems crowded with, responsibility and concerns that are worth while. And as the war goes on and more men come back, and we are all more and **nore affected, w������U' it not be that life in all' ito phases���������social, political, religions ���������will grow to be a more seriona affair,'not a^more solemn or opr- pressive or long-faced Jhing^jw more dignified, fuller; richer! /Yes, while we txi>to^*W*t^i, and, comfort and encourage t*������ -3xxx> ,vXX? ������ * J-jsry -J T Jr. J -*<"* K ivX>X' XXIX ��������� \ "<-fx , /Xx" /-���������������A\y x* y>0' ~ *;v<X"' " - H?Y! . ' x i,.^-* . "*-4 ..������ < 1 xx-x/sl . W,AA\ f f rrvv^ a.**. \| x>x< A " / !*..* vv m The coming back ia always dif- forthTDwdaneUes or"thatwayi|*ereot <f������>ni the goings away, and The Servians weakened their for- sometimesi it is tragically differ- ces on the Austrian frontier some ent- But those of na who nave not ana comiort ana mapiBtwv!W4^-&'<������?ga time ago and took possession of f������������������ ���������bwjW not increase that drf-Uen ,^0; ihm *e������nlns. biW-flwr ,^^^*j3 ��������� teen** by taking no notice ot will be teaching j���������������apn������ \Vo9M\'/k/nm the, men whom we cheered so ---��������� *-������-��������������� ���������.-!_*���������* ���������* ^ ������w������ lustily as tbey were leaving.1 Now that they are coming back to us again is the time for us to show our appreciation of their sacrifice and devotion. Looking after the men who have come back is jnst as good work as hurrahing for tbe men who are goipg, though it is not likely to be nearly so popular. A MOTOR TBUCK FITTED AS AN ARMY BEPAIR SHOP Avlona. Avlona is a seaport and transports can get there���������funny eh! v ' , -\ ,999 Chief Petty Officer Hughes, who left here with the iirst contingent of Ex-Royal Naval men, is serving on board H- M. S. Battle Cruiser Tiger. ��������� 9 9 .Lieut. Leeson writes: "Tbeire used to be many ask for tbe "Western Call" when I got it, but we are dwindling down. There will be a great time shortly." ��������� t ��������� .. It's a great puzzle nowadays to find one column of a newspaper that doesn't give tbe lie direct to the other column. ��������� * * When "Bloody Mary" lost Calais, shei declared that, after she died the word would be, found written on her heart. When the Kaiser, perchance, goes to bis grave written on his heart���������if- he has one���������somewhere in the blackness, in letters of scarlet blood, will also be found engraved, "Calais." ���������. ��������� ��������� "The German is an unhealthy, malignant excrescence upon the human species."���������John Bull. Quite true, John, and the war has served as an x-ray to reveal its character. ��������� # * "This war was not the mere outcome of Germany forty years preparation for slaughter, it was the steady growth of thousands of years; the causes were in active operation when the Huns wore skins of untanned hides, and fought with stone hammers. The Germans precipitated the crisis -because they were the bloodiest minded, the greediest, and the vainest human animals on this planet."���������-Prof. Ayton: ��������� * ��������� Cotton is at last contraband of war. The men who are responsible for allowing cotton to enter Germany by not making it contraband of war on August 5, 3914, are greatly responsible for the toll of. lives of Britain and her allies in consequence of the free import into Germany of raw material for munitions. ��������� ��������� * 1 battle cruiser, 2 cruisers and 7 torpedo boat destroyers is not a bad bag in one day. There are quite a few British submarines in the Baltic, so we may expect something more shortly if this latest affair .does not scare the Huns back to the Moss bank. and very useful lessons, h us mpre, than we help Perhaps our social" life will tkv tually become serious, pejrhaps our political life r wiU s become honest, perhaps xiijrL religious life will * catch the unselfish enthusiasm of the Master. We are thankful for the men who are going, but are thankful, too,' for the men who are coming back.��������� A*m "��������� i ��������� '"Ii v-lx/_ * X They tell us that the men who Christian Guardian. "toft. Jwwltm* for *��������� VL**!*} *Z t*tt, vnvvnm to boms-suds foods." ���������Ths Pafjy fw- dnce,folf 88. , It would he the height of folly aj vv "*y*\ en**< (p������ftfPf" w^^^^ unpatriotic fo? us to say: Practical Patriotism as Practised .far:_,_^ Prudent Perwiw ���������V Xi$X#������ jm WAX* ������TAHPisW) ru>jn because it is made in British Columbia and ito iudnrtry gives daily support to over a hundred Britfcfe Coinmbia workmen and tiieir families, if this were owr only claim. But this fine family flour, made from the pick of Mani- toba's great wheat crop, is Superior to the Other Flours of Foreign Manufacture. We say so because we ourselves have tested it from every possible baking standpoint in comparison with these other foreign.flours. And we ask you to test it at our expense. ORD!* A 8A0K OF ROYAL STANDARD .TUTOR TODAY Use it aa yon would the flour to which yon have been accustomed. 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SUBSCRIPTION: One Dollar a Year in Advance. $1.50 Outside Canada. ������OL- f ������"������"* * Iv1" WHEN THE*������ERMANS TORN WEST AS BERLIN professes to view the situation > to-day, Germany's military position in the opening weeks" of the second year of ,the war does not differ1 in essence, though varying in detail from what the Kaiser's strategists expected it to be at the end of the first month of jthe first year of the war, Germany's problem was to beat one enemy and then turn upon the other. -. By the first, week of September, 1914, the. first part of the program was to have been virtually completed. The French armies were to be disposed bf, with Paris taken or doomed. Then would come cleaning-up opera- '- tions against Russia, more deliberate in nature 1>ut with preordained resultxUp to September "5, 1914, it' actually looked as if the first part of the programme were being realiz-, ed, but then came the change on the Marne, with after-effects in. Flanders and in- Russia. To-day the situation is Reversed. It - is Russia that .has given way firstXBut as Berlin might argue, and doesr argue, Xthis is a matter of detail. The;,esseptial nature of the great plan is still the same/ The enemy on one side has been struck downt There'isVnow leisure for dealing with ^ the enemy on the ��������� other flank. And the implication is that whether France went down first, or Russia, does not really matter. ;,. : , This implication is not in the least justified. It ,d������es make .a vital difference whether Rus- Xsia or France was the first to succumb-���������-assuming for the moment that Russia in a inili- ' tary sense is out of it, so far as the German > forces.are concerned. The situation is different >in one > respect, that whereas Germany counted upon beating France iri five-weeks she.has taken v ,-v-������ . .a* year to'beat Russia, and has done it, up to X'//- -the present; less completely than she expected l.X v ".to'put through the job' in France in five weeks. The difference in time elapsed is a second fac- X', ' -tor. . It means that the 'Germany which will turn to de^l with France after a year of war ���������, . ; ..cannot conceivably be the ,Gerraany which would X < \kyhmei turned shout to cfeat with Russia after '',V -; ^>;HJveVweeksV-af������^ar. The1 strain of a year's efforts, ���������/ kk 'X-Xthe, ,enpjwno������s ^losses, the gathering economic XX hnrdepS' 'have been felt. The German rush 'X>x -' ������'*������������������*���������������> the allied .defences in the west, if it " X.' does come,i cannot came with England has under the colors at least three and a half million men, of which two- millions have had a minimum of six-months' training. The French army, with its reserves, would come close to making up the total of five millions. Italy also counts. The superiority of the French or British soldier, man for man, to the Czar's peasant soldier is unquestioned. In the matter of leadership it is probable that France, in the person of Joffre, has produced the one genius of the Avar. On the attacking side, - if Germany should choose to attack, there are not available the Austrian forces which are needed to keep Russia in check even in her present condition. Jn a word, the British and Italian armies today are nearly equal in number and superior in total fighting resources' to Russia at the height of her power. So that when Germany faces west now she faces an opposition as powerful as she confronted at the beginning of the war. In other words, at the beginning of the second year of. the conflict Germany has the war to fight all over, again. Among her opponents are two nations that have just begun to fight���������Great Britain and Italy. Plainly, it is not a mere series of cleaning-up. operations that .Germany faces.���������Evening Post. Suppose that during the war we turn over our expenditure for booze to the patriotic funds. A suggestion for Mr. Shallcross. j- . ~ GERMAN PROPAGANDISTS IN O. S. Friday, August 27, 1915 Minister of Militia Is Knighted THE NEW YORK .WORLD is .publishing a series of articles of the most startling character upon the activities of German official , and non-official propagandists in the United States, in not Only attempting to control public sentiment in the country through the intermediary of secretly owned newspapers and news agencis, but also upon the efforts of Ger- -man agents to foment, strikes in domestic establishments manufacturing munitions of war with the connivance of disloyal labor, leaden and agitators. The World also publishes cor: respondence to show that the German government, through the military attache of. its embassy at Washington, was engaged in an effort to restrain the trade of American producers of liquid chlorine���������this in the interests of keeping a monopoly in killing its enemies by /asphyxiation through the use of this latter invention for destruction of soldiers. The correspondence published also ' illustrated the highly efficient methods adopted by Germany in encouraging sentiment adverse to the continued shipment of war munitions to her enemies, and also to purchase aeroplane factories in Ohio so as to prevent her enemies getting aeroplanes, and at the same time acquiring a good businss. These revelations furnish food for much reflection on the p,art of the Washington authorities, v A man with $5,000 worth of stock in a local hotel is going to vote prohibition and lose his investment.. He will sleep better for it. Bravo 1 TBE BRITISH FLEET AGAIN 11 AUGAGNEUR, the French Minister of Marine, in an interview with a London paper, said: "The British fleet ^ saved' the world t - ��������� V the,, initial energy of the first August. The psychology of the situation-is utterly different. "If Germany's victorious legions ' had inarched against Russia last autumn, it would ha-ve been in the easy consciousness that ��������� the main part ot the work was done, that the rest of the campaign would, be something in the nature of a procession. To-day the German ar- ��������� nuejfc if they turn west, must do so with tbe feeling that the holiday part of the programme is over and that the real work is about to begin. Specifically the difference in the problem��������� as it was envisaged by Germany, a year ago and a*_Lt_j3tands_to-day. may __bejhus stated. II the v German forces, with France disposed of, had turned against Russia last autumn, they would have marched against an army that might ultira- O ately amount to, say, five or six million men. Of course, there was much wild talk during , the earlv, months of the war concerning Russia's unlimited resources. If we put the possible military strength of. Russia at five or six millions we are ,near the truth. And against those millions Germany not only would have had equal numbers of her own, but she would have had the Austrians. ���������To-day, if the German armies in Russia are sent against the .Allied line in France, they go to meet as many British and French as they would have had to meet Russians last autumn. th������ -���������������.t it it from destruction by the barbarians of the twen- the fS ardo? *!eth ******* * save<* ��������������� ������" from utter desola- ,t onset of last ?0n' l *������ve ������������ P������������e������ee with the people who it. onset oi last hint that France is not satisfied with the British efforts. You, promised naval co-operation* you gave it, and you created an army for our mutual benefit. With your army you have achieved the apparently impossible. Your x. navy is working without a word of its' daily doings being chronicled. Victory is in sight, I do not pose as a seer, and when Lsay that victory is in sight I do not mean that it .will come within the next few weeks, or even months, but in AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE the spring, well, you will see. Mr. Grocer, check _up .yonr-- dead -beats.?'-. How many are boozers? Think it over.������ The gallant British 15th Hussars were, says' the 'Journal' ,of Paris, stationed in the park of an old castle in Flanders. They were more than a litfle surprised to find on , the trees, when they went to tie up their horses, that the necessary rings were already there. These rings had been fixed there a hundred years ago, on the day after the battle of Waterloo. The State is responsible for the social surroundings of-a boy. You are the State. Are you satisfied that you have given the boy a fair deal���������a clean environment. v v iii !!t THE CITY MABKET, WHICH HAS'BECOME QUITE POPULAB THESE DATS NOWJTHAT INCREASED 'ATTENTION is being given to the relations of- Canada with Russia a work descriptive of the natural resources and recent agricultural progress of the great Russian Empire comes opportunely to the , aid of those desirous of enlightenment thereon. From the Russian department, of agriculture has recently been received a large quarto volume published at Petrograd in 1914, and printed in both the Russian and French, languages with the title "Industrie Agricole on Russie." Its object is stated to be the publication in the most ^convincing manner possible of the data concern-, ..ing agricultural development from the ninth decade of the last century to the present time, i.e.., sthe period covering the special administration of -agriculture throughout the Empire. The work contains, therefore, in a series of graphic statistical representations a review of the results of agricultural measures of a general character, such for .instance as those for the spread of agricultural science, the development of agricultural experiments and agronomic organization generally and for the improvement of agricultural technique, the data on these subjects being preceded by general staflistical information on the agricultural industry of Russia from 1895 to 1913. The following arc the more detailed divisions of the work, territory and population; soil, fertilisers and cultivation; field crops; scholastic and extra-scholastic agronomical instruction; agricultural experiments; agronomic organization; the agricultural press; expenditures of the department pf agriculture and of the zemstvos or provincial councils. The Russian empire embraces, according to this work, a total area of 9,417,155 English square "milesxof "which'22.1~ p.e. are in the 50 governments of European Russian, 57.4 p.e. in Siberia, and 16.2 p.e. in the Steppes and Central Asia. The remaining comparatively small proportions are in Poland, the" Caucasus and Finland. In 1912 the total population of. the Empire was 171,059,900, the vast majority���������in fact more than 70 p.e. of the total and, over ,a considerable area, more.than 90 p.e���������depending for existence upon agriculture and rural economy. Of the total, 147,220,000, or 86.1 p.e, composed the rural and 23,839,900, or 13.9 p.e. the urban population. The mean density of the whole population in 1912 is given as 20-25 per sq. mile and of the rural population as 17.52 per sq. mile. The value of agricultural machinery imported into Russia is stated to have grown from 10.090.900 roubles ($5,196,814) in 1895 to 50,-' 477..500 roubles ($30,630,913) in 1912, and the value of agricultural machinery, manufactured in Russia from 9,600,000 roubles' ($4,944,000) in 1895 to 52.628,000 roubles ($27,103,420) in 1912. The expenditure of the Department of Agriculture ior agricultural purposes was 15 times greater in 191.3 than in 1895, the increase being from 2 million roubles ($1,030,000) to .30 million roubles ($15,450,000).. During the ten years 1903-1912 this expenditure, amounting to 78,900,000 roubles ($40,633,500), largely exceeded the total of 71.600,000 roubles ($36,874,00)) spent during the preceding period of 60 years. During the last three years, 1912?14, the* total expenditure was considerably higher than the sum expended during the decade 1903,1912, and was even more than the total expended during the 65 years 1838-1912, The agricultural expenditure of the zemstvos has also largely in-., creased, viz.. from 900.000 roubles ($463,500) in! 1895 to 16,000.000 roubles ($8,240.00) in 1912. For the ye.ar 1913 the sum expended by the Department of Agriculture and the zemstvos was not less than 46,000,000 roubles , ($23,690,- 000). The number of agricultural experiment . stations (establissements d 'experiences agroriomi- ques) has grown from 27 in 1895 to 212 in 1912 and to 250 in 1914. From 1895 to 1913 the agronomic personnel of the central government 'has increased from ten to 1,365 and of the zemstvos from 134 to 3,216.- It* is thus appar ent that Russia, not less ,than the United Kingdom and Canada, has, during the last two or three years, vastly increased the subventions accorded by the State for the7 purposes of agri- tural development. These are only a fewr of the facts selected from the volume, which is profusely illustrated with a great variety of statistical charts, diagrams and stereographs, finely executed, many of them in colours. Each section of the work is^ also preceded by a page of photographs of typicaLpeenes in Russia illustrating agricultural processes connected with the data under review. The German Government has commandeered the 1935 ������'.rop of oats'throughout the Empire. : ^t��������� ��������� John Bright used* up about $3,000,000 fighting, the 'Torn Laws.7 You cannot will a great reform fight on "hot air," so'PUT OF, Mr. Prohibitionist, or SHUT Up. It is ofiicially announced in Montreal that the name of the steamship company formed by the amalgamation of the Canadian Pacific and Allan lines would be 'The Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Limited.' The farmers of the United States are, according to the Department bf Agriculture, harvesting the greatest" wheat crop ever grown in any one country, and which may reach a billion' bushels. The department experts last week estimated the crop at 966,000,000 bushels, basing their calculation on the condition of the crop on August 1st. Bumper harvests of other cereals and food crops are indicated. THE MONTH OF DAHLIAS EACH FLOWER has its season, and dahlias are not regarded as either spring or summer decorations, but in the autumn they are conspicuously gay. Some were in flower in July, others in August, but it is during September that they are gorgeously impressive. They are full grown now, and in a state that induces great displays of flowers most appropriate to the surroundings and the season. They bloom now without attention, but greater success attends when giving them care. Keep a constant eye that the shoots are securely tied up. A windy^ night may spoil many, whereas if secure they will remain attractive well into October. Clip decayed blooms off. If the roots are likely to become very dry soak them freely and keep moist. The blooms will then be fresh, bright-colored, and lasting. The discovery is announced in Melbourne, Australia, of a specific for cerebro-spinal meningitis rby Dr. Richard Bull, director of the bacteriological laboratory of the University of Melbourne. Dr. Bull stated that eucalyptus would destroy the germ. The treatment of- cerebro spinal meningitis has long presented a serious problem for medical science. Up to a comparatively, short time ago there was no effective treatment for this disease, known as 'spotted fever' or 'the black death. <' In the T"notecnth century .there were serious epidemics of this disease ever Europe and in the eastern part of the United States. The introduction of serum therap. however, offered hope of combatting -the disease successfully. In the enidemie in*-New York in 1905 the serum of -Ftocner and Jobling was .used with striking success among young patients. The death-rate where serum was employed fell to 46.3 per cent, compared with 90 per cent, without its use. The medicinal properties of the "oil obtained from leaves of the eucalyptus tree have long been recognized, It has been used in treatment of microbe disases of the' lungs and bronchial tubesiand employed as an antiseptic; How many machine guns would Vancouver's booze bill buy? Why not cut it out for a while, Mr. Moderate Drinker? x V - \ ^^^flasjqg. r;p- .j:^....^-^,^. aaggfe. ��������� X - " "M Friday, August 27, 1915. THE WESTERN CALL i / The B.C. Consumers' League and Fifty Vancouver Retailers Offer 53 Prizes For Patriotic Work Three are cash prizes of $25.p0, $15.00 and $10.00. Each of the remaining fifty-prizes iff an order on a leading retailer fbr merchandise to the value of $5.00. " The prizes will be awarded for obtaining members for the British Columbia Consumers' League. i f t There is no fee or charge of any kind connected] with becoming a member. Practically everybody you ask will be glad to join the League, , because all thatris required is to sign a card agreeing to give the preference in buying (price > and quality being equal) to the products, first, of British Columbia; second, Canada; third, k the British Empire. You will find the pledge card at the bottom of this space. Over one thousand of the cards have already been signed, but. the directors of the league are determined to obtain, within the next two " *- months 5000 Members Competition Will Start July 8 )t Will Close September 15th- With so many prizes, you will have an excellent opportunity to win one of them. Resides having a fwie chance to win a prize, you will be'do- ing-a work most important to the progress and welfare of this city and province. Call at the office of the League (or write if you live out of town) for pledge cards, rules of the cam- petition and full information. Then ��������� Work for Productions Prosperity and a Prize i The pledge card is w follows: Realizing the importance of promoting the Industrial and agricultural progress ,of British Columbia and the Empire, I hereby ask to be enrolled as a member of the British Columbia Consumers' League, agreeing to advance the objects of the League by giving the preference in purchasing (price and quality being equal, ���������first, to the products of British Columbia; second, of Canada; third, of the British Empire. JPi&lUO ,,.������������������������������������#������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������< Address Come in or write today, or as soon as you can, for cards and full information. The above coupon, signed and brought or mailed to the office, will be regarded as a regular pledge card. * BX, Consumers' League 183 PENDER STREET WEST (INDUSTRIAL BUREAU BUHJXENG) PHONE SEY. 4242. VANCOUVER, B. C. RELIGIOUS FORCES AT SAN FRANCISCO The American fondness for conventions is in full swing in the Panama Pacific Exposition, under tbe auspices of which 825 such gatherings are being held in the course of the year. The great 4$2,000,000 auditorium, built for the purpose, can accommodate twenty one conventions at/ the same time, and the largest of its halls has a seating capacity of 10,000. A large proportion ' of these conventions are religious in character, and many^f them revolve about the idea of peace on earth. The diversity and yet the united interests of the religious organizations of the country are being demonstrated in another form in the great religious exhibits, displayed in the Palace of Education and Social Progress under the direction of the Federal Council of Churches. Not only has the field of the constituent bodies of the Federal Council been fairly covered, but other agencies, either officially of practically recognized by the Evangelical churches, axe also included. In connection with the exhibit a moving-picture room seating 200 people, affords opportunity for daily illustrated lectures upon the N Home and Foreign Mission Work, Sunday School, Educational. Social Service, and, the Temperance Work of the federated Evangelical churches. Bulletins are displayed from day to day announcing the special features and programme for the day. A LESSON OF LIFE School has opened again. The boys and girls are back with smiling, happy faces, and can be seen each day, books in hand, showing that keen, Canadian energy which is brought about by the anticipation of a new class and anew teacher and a step up the ladder of education. - The following little peom, written in / r<Xv,-, 11 TO Cut this out, sign it, and get your friends to sign it, and return it to the OaU., X THE WESTERN CALL: "'/j, , V V< .' Please enroll my name as a member of the Property Owners' League, and proceed with the organization as speedily as possible. . / XX 4,4^. .. >H Signature ' ' Residence Oe^npation. x ���������- V ��������� Y ��������� - X. 1 ' ' X' ���������* k < 4 - . i ' * *> v ** " "* f ** \ 1 J S- i -'"'���������., " > ''���������" V r 'l'r ' >- ' X *~ ' ' ���������" ^ i- ' "* >"* -L ' " I- ARBITRATORS' REPORT BROUGHT DOWN The arbitrators in the wages dispute between the B. C. Electric Railway and their employees have brought in their report. The arbitrator for the compjsny, Mr. Justice Macdonald and Mr. A. G. McCandless, have agreed in recommending a general reduction of wages, amounting to 8.57 per ccut. in the case of. fifth year motormen and conductors, with a slightly lower reduction for those receiving less than the maximum pay. The reductions in the scale per hour for motormen and conductors is recommended as follows : First year from 27 to 26 cents; second year from 29 to 271-2 cents, third year, from 31 to 29 cents; fourth year, from 33 to 301-2 cents; fifth and after, 35 to S2 cents. Motormen and conductors on work trains and in the suburban service would draw a cent and a half an hour extra, as they do at' present. Brakemen, baggagemen and trolley-men on the suburban lines will draw 25 cents an hour for the first half year, 26 cents for .the v second half year, 26 1-2 cents for the second year, 27 1-2 cents for the third year and 28 1-2 cents for the fourth! GARDEN HOSE We. have a special Sale-of Hose on now., \ \ A Regular $5.50 for - $4.75 Regular $5.00 for X $4.00 ; This Hose is 50 feet long complete with coupling* and nozzle. Phone us your order. We make prompt delivery. ���������V" _. V/* "* JJ F f . .������ ' ,f$t, t?r /MmM - y:-MA- v xX*px< ^ ! j^r.. <_- 4 ^ . ^^ ��������� A?m. 7 A XX'X AvA'Vl; ,n - -it f ��������� S i-V^"* J \ .~>. prose form ought to be read by every father and mother and boy tind girl interested in school. It __ is a siniple little life-story that (year and after. Painters will draw will do us all good if we but 30 cents an hour, machiniflts 42 W. R, Owen J Morrisotf ' ' " *��������� ' x-; The Ait. Pleasant Hardware ��������� '��������� Phone Fair; 447 2337 Main Street ���������"��������� - " ' !_': Ay- **.���������.., r4/MiM V <liA<, jX?������4t1 ��������� '/i-Aii i X������i>>_ } --- &\ m >~-'i-r-'4\ !'A-t-J-jVfl ���������sane ponder over it A sad-faced little fellow sits alone in deep disgrace I there's a lump arising in his throat, tears streaming down his face; he wandered from his playmates, for he doesn't want-to hear their shouts of merry laughter, since the world has lost its cheer; he has sipped the cud of sorrow, he has drained the bitter glass, and his heart is fairly breaking; he's the boy who didn't pass. In the apple tree the robins sing a cheery little song; but he doesn't seem to bear it, showing plainly something's wrong; comes his faithful little spaniel for a romp** and bit of play, but the troubled little fellow sternly bids him go away. All alone he sits in sorrow, with his hair a tangled mass, and, his eyes jare red with weeping; he's the boy who didn't pass. How he" hates himself forfailing, he can hear his playmates jeer, for they've left him with the dullards���������gone ahead a half, a year, and he' tried so hard to conquer, oh, he tried to do his b'est, but now he" knows he's weaker,-yes, and duller than the rest. He's ashamed to tell his mother, for he thinks she'll hate him, too���������the little boy who didn't pass, who failed of getting through. Oh, you who boast a laughing son and speak of him as bright, and you who love a little girl who comes to you at night with smiling eyes, With dancing feet, Avitii honors from her school, turn to that ��������� lonely little boy who thinks he is a fool, and take him kindly by the hand, the dullest in the class. He is the one who most needs love, the boy who didn't pass. NOTES AND COMMENTS 1-2 cento, carpenters 37 cents and blacksmith 42 1-2 cents. Maintenance of way men are to draw 24 cents an hour ���������> for the fin������t nine months and 25 cents thereafter. Teamsters are to be paid $62.50 pfer month. No vital Xbanges are recommended in vital conditions. Evidence bad been afforded that the cost' of living is now lower in Vancouver, Victoria and New Westminster than it was in 1913, when the present agreement was made. It was shown tbat inductions of from 10 to 25 per cent, had been made in wages by other mercantile and industrial establishments, and it had been proven that the wages paid by the company were higher than the scale paid by other street railway companies in Canada and the United States. In addition, it had been pointed out that the rateof wages hadimcreased 8 per cent, since 1913. The board expressed the opinion that if the wages of motormen and conductors is decreased by 8 per cent., men would, in these times of depression, receive the same wages as they received in the period of prosperity. The board refused, in fixing the rate of wages, to take into consideration the fact that the company was operating under franchises conferred by the people. Mr. J. H. McVety, arbitrator for the men, states in his minority report that he regrets he is unable to agree with his colleagues. He asks why the company should not first have reduced its charges to the consumer. The evidence showed that the company was buying power at the rate of three-tenths of a cent per kilowaat hour and sell ing for eleven cents and why the company should be permitted to If you have a bit of news, Send it in, Or a joke that will amuse, Send it in. A story that is true, Au' incident thats new, We want to hear from you��������� Send it. in. ' ������ ������ * So many able bodied men are shirking their responsibilities to the empire that conscription will likely have to be resorted to before this terrible war is over. "���������"'���������.*".��������� ������������������ ��������� ��������� We would like to see a battalion of men between the ages of 45 and 55 formed. A German killed by a man of 55 would be just-as dead'as. the one killed by a man of 25. ���������Av 7- *���������-" '4,."- -J*". , ^yKs^X i . , ...... X j- o���������XXX *&������j&������ take advantage of Repression conditions until, it gives its customers the privilege of doing so, particularly as there are lower rates for light in Winnipeg, Seattle, etc. >n, Mr. McVety does not think the company bas made out a ease on its claim that wages,have been universally reduced jm this die trict, and does not regard tbe fact that outlying lines are not now paying a sufficient reason for reductions, because in other years.^ in the past and in other years to come in the duration of . - ������������������_���������-*. _, _������ v the franchise these lines may be ������?��������������� ������ culture. According to of- J busier. He also believes that the ficiai reports at Washington, tbe & ���������a* ���������%-_'' ^ "*$4,: #/i similated many German enmUmmf during; a close .������ssoeiation <&:c>***A, thousand year*. lfaimfA*ffi(&AyA-Vl *f%n close vproxima-y^to! [^memt^A^ ^^$ not, itIs certain thattheyposw*. ;* ^^ to a greaterr ;l|egreeXfjMWI^ 1** . other- Slavs the spirit of aggressiveness. The long1 process;������* assimilation has left the Bbbem- '' ians^jiore than two-thirds a*d the Germans less than one-tbird of the entire population of the kingdom. In ownership o$ til* land Bohemians hold three-fifths of the soil. The Bohemians rank highest among the Slavic busier. He also believes that the cost of living argument, applied regarding reductions in the last two years, should be figured as beginning from 1910, the. date the men received their last increase. It was contended at the hearing that the cost of Hving is now lower than it was in 1910 and therefore he thinks that argument falls to the ground. For these and other reasons Mr. McVety would continue the present wage schedule. THE FUTURE OF BOHEMIA From tbe earliest times Bohemia has been the battleground between Slav and Teuton. It was in the early dawn of history ���������about the fifth century���������tbat Cech drove out the non-Slavic tribes of Boii, from whom Bohemia derived her name. The Teutonic peril has always hung like a black cloud over the Bohemian people. One of the oldest invocations to the patron saint was; "St. Vaclav, Duke of the Bohemian land, do not let us perish nor our descendants." The most . western of all the Slav peoples, the Bohemians have as- proportion of illiterates among immigrants is: Bohemians, under 3 per cent.; Slovaks, 25 per cent.; i4iW; Serbo-Croatians, 38 per cent.; >'r*J6 Poles, 40 per cent.; Ruthenians, &&^M 63 per cent. ^~(|L , The people; prefer to be known ?Sf^wk^A as Bohemians, not Czechs, which i T^i'iff������������jj is a corrupt form of Cech. Tbe ll^W application Czech is regarded ^^^S&B. generally in"Bohenwras an-AusXxf#&fj��������� train intimation to the world that *!i;^^I"i Bohemia is part German. In the ' ' ' "r J eensus of 1910, 4,241,180 inhabitants declared for the-Bohemian and 2,467,724 for the German tongue. The Hapsburgs have never learned to conciliate the Slavic peoples under their rule. Austrian wars have proved to be great liberating agencies for oppressed nationalities. What the Italians gained in the war of 1859 and the Magyars in the campaign of 1866 the Bohemians hope to achieve in the present struggle. Including Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Slovakland, the population of a United States of Bohemia would number about twelve millions. Although forced into the ranks of the Austrian army, every true Bohemian looks forward to the break-up of Germanic hegemony in central Europe and to a corresponding rise of Slavism.���������Globe. #xsfp j.mm k$m .x&->- 'j h?'T?V.'- '"���������XvX* XXX x"v- v. ���������,������ F'X 7 ' * ���������' * , * ; DETACHMENT OF THE C0BP8 OF OOIDBB Mto,������"- WfcuMS** MU1������l������������ ( H, Wtt^a^ifi *__���������> IaxXx ���������- ItT*,-V, * ' '* Iii*- X -*, BX -' _> <^~ |, j}**-/" ������ ,j. > f-< V" - , ��������� -XX * ' SX' 'v..", I J*^ t % v |x,1X' _ - * ' XXX - > /������������^ ,.'������������������"' i x k~x:; 7**1 v a* '^xx . i-*\ v< X' X i%;X' , "iwutwIudaui^B. ������**^^4_M^i'f viiJvkriT,-. )..^wtllt '-*'W������������������-ltU.O^������L>'**.f)ri,^,������v*JU.*.^itf.lWWMtfJM * mmw������M ncimi ..Min^n.^, ^J"J v r ��������� , \ W-.'-x |1<WI4 '_, "4- f'.'-i " KxAA, \i * ���������*. ,-A< ' ���������l l "��������� ." t i* " ���������\ r XX: '/ < f., 11 I T > * "r* 1 ^ V *��������� ��������� >. T *- ' * " I* ~ ���������"��������� jjt / tv * <,- I'l' II I'l iu : V X I* V 6 HOME TABLE HINTS A function of the meals at home is to give color to all the home life. The daily menu published this week, and which 'may be continued, is by one of the best known and valued editors of this department, of several leading dailies in the United States. We feel fortunate in being able to offer to the ladies-of this city that which is purchased at a high price by such dailies there. These Cards have been especially written for this paper. CANADA Saturday, August 28th Don't look too' hard except for something agreeable; we can find all the disagreeable things we want between our own hats and boots.���������Leigh Hunt. Breakfast���������Oranges. Breakfast Bacon. Creamed Potatoes. Coffee Cake. Coffee. Dinner���������Vegetable Soup. Boiled Ham. Baked Potatoes. Spinach. Cabbage and Corn Pickle. - Indian Pudding. Coffee. * Supper���������Lima Beans. Popovers. Blackberries. Sugar Cookies. Tea. Cabbage and Corn Pickle < Remove the seeds and partitions from two green and two red sweet peppers' and chop finely with four large onions. Add two quarts of chopped cabbage, three quarts of cider'vinegar, two , cupfuls of brown sugar, two ounces of dry mustard, one level teaspoonful bf tumeric and one- quarter of a cupful of salt and bring slowly ' * to the boiling point. Add the pulp from a dozen ��������� large ears of green corn, cook five minutes long- er^and seal *n glass jars. , ��������� ��������� ��������� , Sunday, August 29th ��������� "Ever the wings of the Summer ' Are folded under' the mold; Life, that has known-no dying, " -t Is Love's, to have and to bold, Till.sadden, the burgeoning Easter! The song! the green and the gold!" Breakfast���������Musk Melon. Cereal with Cream. Puff Omelet. Steamed Brown Bread. Coffee. Dinner���������Vermicelli Soup. Roast Chicken. Horn iny Croquettes. Carrots with Peas. Lettuce and Grapefruit Salad. Cheese Sticks. Peach Ice * Cream. Coffee: Lunch���������Sliced Ham. Potato and Cucumber Salad. Fruit Cake. Tea. Peach Ice Cream Peel ten medium-sized ripe peaches, press, . through a puree strainer, add two cupfuls of , sugar, a dash of salt, one pint of heavy cream and one and one-half pints of rich milk. Pack in ice and salt and freeze. '"_��������������������������� *��������� Monday, August 30th What shall I wish for my friend to-dayt Silver and gold, success alway, Joy and mirth, a life that's gay, ��������� Eternal sunshine and resting! Nay��������� ., I "wish you peace.'* f ' ���������Tboniw F. Gordon. Breakfast���������Fruit. Cereal with Cream. Minced iHam with Poached Eggs. Graham Puffs. Coffee. Dinner���������Rice Soup. Salmon Loaf, White Sauce. Mashed Potatoes. Butter Beans. Apple oand Pineapple Pie. Coffee. ** >������ i!Ni#^S"cken Sowffte- R������pe Olives. Tea Bolls. Sliced Peaches. Wafers. Tea. Apple aad Pineapple Pie x ?**. core aod slice the appjes, put them in a pie plate lined, with paste, cover with paste and bake until the fruit, is tender. Put four ta- Wespoonfuls of grated pineapple in a stew pan with "four tablespoonfuls of sugar and one tablespoonful of water and simmer until thoroughly cooked. Remove the top crust from the pie, distribute the pinfeapple over the apples, replace the cover and set aside to cool. . i too' Tuesday, August ZX*% "(No squatter on a foreign sod Wi*_?ft 4wp������ted���������cl������im,_ j We hail thee, Sovereign Oolden Bod, Thy Bcepter all aflame. ���������John Nevins Emery. RmWait���������Melon. Boiled Tomatoes with Vream Sauce. Buttered Toast. Coffee. - _. J^mer���������Noodle Soup. Roast Beef. Horseradish Sauce. Browned Potatoes. Corn Pudding Radish and Cress Salad. Peach Bavarian Cream. Coffee. Supper ��������� Pipkled Lamb's Tongue. Hashed Browned Potatoes. Yeast Rolls. Apple Sauce. Cake. Tea. Apple Sauce OsJaa Cream together one-half cupful of butter and one cupful of sugar and add one cupful of raisins, one-quarter of a teaspoonful' each of salt and nutmeg, one-half teaspoonful of cloves, and one teaspoonful each of cinnamon, lemon and vanilla. Dissolve one teaspoonful of soda in two tablespoonfuls of boiling water, then stir it into one cupful of tart apple sauce. Combine with the creamed mixture, beat in two and one- half cupfuls of flour and bake in a moderately hot oven. ��������� ��������� ��������� Wednesday, September 1st Again September's golden day, Serenely still, intensely bright, Fades on the umbered hills away, And melts into the coming night. ���������Sarah Helen Whitman. Breakfast ��������� Sliced Peaches. Oatmeal with Cream. Coddled Eggs. Warmed Rolls. Coffee. ���������Dinner���������Vermicelli Soup. Meat Pie with Pastry Crttst. Mashed Potatoes. Buttered Carrots. Lettuce and Cress Salad. PJum Charlotte. Coffee. Supper ��������� Cold Meat, Mustard Pickles, Potato Straws. Whole Wheat Bread. Currant Loaf Cake. Tea. Mustard Pickles Four quarts of the tender part of cauliflower broken into flowerets, two quarts of peeled button onions, four seeded and chopped red peppers.' Make a brine of one pint of salt and four quarts of water, pour it over the vegetables, let stand twenty-four hours, heat just enough to scald, then drain in a colander. Mix one cupful of flour, six tablespoonfuls of ground mustard and one tablespoonful of tumeric with enough cold vinegar to make a paste, then add-one cupful of sugar and enough vinegar to make two quarts in all. Cook and stir, until thick, then add the vegetables and heat thoroughly but do not allow them to boil. Seal in glass jars. ��������� ��������� ��������� Thursday, September 2nd The golden-rod waved its bright plumes from the bank, As if all the sunshine of. summer it drank, And grapes full and fair Their wild native fragrance flung out on the air. ' ���������Henry Henderson. Breakfast���������Pears. Cereal with Cream. Green Corn Griddle Cakes, Maple Syrup.; Toast. Coffee. Dinner���������Clear Soup. Croutons. Lamb Chops. Baked Sweet Potatoes. Spinach. Radish and Onion Salad. Rice Pudding. Coffee. c, 8?l[P^Hard-boiled Eggs. Cheese Saiice. Spanish Rolls. Stewed Plums. Cake. Tea. ��������� Spanish Rolls 1 Pour one pint of scalded milk over one-half cupful of butter and one-quarter of a cupful of sugar; when cool, add half a yeast cake dissolved in half a cupful of luke-warm water and npx to a dough with six cupfuls of flour. Let rise from six to seven hours, roll out half an inch in thickness, cut into rounds with a bis- cuit cutter, spread with butter, fold over, let rise again and, bake in a moderately hot oven. ��������� ��������� ��������� ���������Friday, September 3rd Thy. marshaled hosts with nodding crest Overspread the fields of sod Of autumn,, fairest and the best, Thou, Boyal Golden Bod. ���������John Nevins Emery. Breakfast���������Grapes. Broiled Bacon. Browned Cereal. Popovers. Coffee. * -Dinner���������Clam Soup. Toasted Crackers. Boiled Salmon with Caper Sauce^ Mashed Potatoes. Boiled Beets. Apple Tart. Coffee. Supper���������Scalloped Lobster. Dressed Lettuce. Bread and Butter. Chocolate Cake. Tea. Scalloped .Lobster Cook four tablespoonfuls of flour in three tablespoonfuls of butter, add gradually one and one-half cupfuls of milk, stir until smooth and season with one-half teaspoonful of scraped onion, two teaspoonfuls of lemon juice and pepper and salt to taste. Cut the meat from two pounds of lobster in small pieces, add to sauce, turn into buttered individual scallop shells sprinkle with buttered crumbs and brown in a hot oven. Serve garnished with small lobster claws and sprigs of parsley. Tune: "0, Canada," by Lavalee. Lord of the lands, beneath thy bending skjes, , / On field and flood, where'er our banner flies, Thy people lift their hearts to Thee, Their grateful voices raise, ** May our Dominion, ever be A temple to thy praise. Thy will alone Let all enthrone; Lord of the lands, make Canada thine pwn; ��������� ��������������� Lord of the landB, make Canada thine own I Almighty Love, by thy mysterious power, "' In wisdom guide, with faith and 'freedom dower; Be oure a nation evermore That no oppression blights, Where justice rules from shore to shore, From Lakes to Northern Lights. May love alone For wrong atone; Lord of the lands, make Canada thine own; Lord of the lands, make Canada thine own! Lord of the worlds, with strong eternal hand, Hold us in honor, truth and self command: ' May all our race with constant mind Have courage to be true, Imperial ties more firmly bind And all the earth renew. ,Thy name be known Through every sone'; Lord of the worlds, make all the lands thine own; \ Lord of the worlds,- make all the lands thine own! ��������� - ���������Albert D. Watson. One of the main seats of our weakness JieB in this veiy notion, that' what -we do at the moment cannot matter much; for that we shall be able to alter and mend and patch it just as we like by-and-bye.���������Ha^e. Wrote Elizabeth, the poet-queen of Roumania: "Do not be proud of having borne your misfortune. Could you have done otherwise " ��������� Very per. tinent question. Inasmuch as we can in no . way evade our misfortunes, there is no cauee for pride in meeting them. But the spirit in which we meet them is in our own control. In that there may be cause for pride or f6r shame.���������"Great Thoughts." TBS TOT BAND COAJ- "Our Coal Lasts Longer." Oui Coal is better value than any other on the market. More heat. No clinkers. WOOD Millwood and Kindling, per load \. .$2.50. ������ Choice 16-inch Fir, per load... $3.00 BUILDERS' SUPPLIES Kilgard Firebrick, Sewer Pipe, Partition Tile, Etc. FARM PRODUCTS Hay, Oats, Etc., McNeill, Welch & Wilson, Ltd. Seymour: 5408-5409 WHY NOT MOW CITY HENS? Many town and city people could not only produce sufficient eggs to keep their table going, but have enough eggs left over that would go a long way towards supplying the household with groceries, etc. There axe comparatively few city lots where a small flock of poultry could not be kept and enough scraps find their way into the garbage can to provide a large proportion of the food. No male birds should be kept, as they are both a nuisance and an expense, which, if done away with and the house kept clean and sanitary, there is absolutely nothing about such a plant that could possibly annoy the neighbors. If, say, one in every hundred city families _ could produce even enough' eggs for their own table, it would reduce the number, of those who Only consume and add that many more to the list of producers. A Song of tb������ Great getrsat Dreary lay the long road, dreary Jay tbe town, '"' - Lights out and never' a glint" o* moon; Weary lay the stragglers, half a thousand down, Sad signed tbe weary big Dragoon. Oh! if I'd a drum here to msfee them take the road again, Oh! if I'd a fife to wheedle, come, boys, come! You that mean to figbt it out, wake and take your load again, Fall in! Fall in! Follow the fife and .. ���������a drum! _ . , _____ "Hey, but here's a toy shop, here's a drum for me, Penny whistles, too, to play the tune Half a thousand dead men soon Bbali Jiear and see We're a band!" said the weary big Dragoon. "Rubadub! Rudabub! Wake and take the-road again, Wheerle-deedle-deedle-dee, come, boys,' come! You that mean to fight it out, wake and take your load again, Fall in! Fall in! Follow the fife and drum!" Cheerily goes the dark road, cheerily goes the night, , Cheerily goes the blood, to keep the beat; Half a thousand dead men marching on to fight With a little penny drum to lift their feet. Rubadub! Rubadub! Wake and take the road again, Wheedle-deedle-deedle-dee, come, boys, come! You that mean to fight it out, wake and take your load again, Fall in! Fall in! Follow the fife and x drum! As Jong as there's an Englishman to ask a tale of me, As long as I can tell the tale aright We'll not forget the penny whistle's wheedle-deedle-dee And the big Dragoon a-beating down the night. Rubadub! Rubadub! Wake and take the road again, Wheedle-deedle-deedle-dee, come, boys, come! You that mean to fight it out, wake and take your load again, Fall in! Fall in! Follow the fife and drum! 7 Friday, August 27, 191f Now is the Time .^ ��������� -, t r f I To Buy Your Supplies The time to put your best foot forward is when your competitors are showing signs of weakness. ' S " 1 * Strong impressive printing is more valuable to-day than ever, because business men are on the alert to de- tect the slightest indi- cation of unfavorable , /��������� conditions, and for 4 . -' this very reason every suggestion of strength and progress is doubly effective. Your Printing should bring this to your customers' attention not only in connection with your office sta- tionery, bwt with all printed matter and advertising. WE PRINT CATALOGUES MAGAZINES BOOKLETS FOLDERS COMMERCIAL STATIONERY Terminal City Press Limited PHONE FAIR. 1140 203 KINGSWAY -4 mmmmmm mMmmmmm ' < ?4 r J X-.J < - ^,:X\v ^XX xXX ^,xvv,x'\*X^4^:>d^^<Xir^XfV. i xX % $~ vt urt ,-,,.'.- i?v,;#; * Friday, August 27, 1915. ^ if^r-tl ^ SPORTING COMMENT S 4 ' ' Vancouver and Spokane are laving a merry time this week [t the local ball grounds. Last reek these same teams played le series to a draw, 4 wins each. Jy the manner in which the leavers are coming along just iow they wiU not likely be the cail-enders in the league-race after all. ��������� ��������� ��������� .���������Li profession. He takes the chances, and if he comes out on top the worldNsays "good,-boy," if not, it is "good night "-for him. Bob Brown expects to send 'itcher Ira Colwell up to the big feagues next summer. The youngster has shown splendid form all season, and Is the best bet in the Northwestern league. Eastern big [league scouts have him marked If or next season, and' Brown will [very likely balance his deficit | through the sale of Colwell." Think of it! Ty Cobb, the greatestof the great in. baseball Kehs and practically won the hon- fhas been offered a contract for ; three years by the Federal league I at $100,000 a year. At the pros- Lent time Cobb is drawing down $52,000 per year from Detroit. He says he needs the money, and [is considering making the jump next season. And who wouldn't! Sport has come to a 'pretty pass when salaries soar to such a height as this proposal. But after all, baseball is a ball players' ��������� * v ��������� In our opinion, while the proposed salary to T^y Cobb is certainly enormous, sfaR a player is w;orth all he can get. " X " ��������� f ��������� X' Nationals of Montreal practically won the N. L. TJ. by defeating Cornwall on Saturday last. The great Lalonde was playing with the Frenchmen and was in the limelight throughout the game. Wonder if Newsy is getting anything like $5,000 for the season/this yearT In the Queen City League the Rosedale team defeated Tecum- ors. A series of games for the championshop .of the cdast wiJU. probably be played between Nationals and Rosedales, and then, perhaps, (perhaps) the winners may take a whirl at the Minto cup, which is snug in its New Westminster -work box. And then, alas, another crew of twelve will go down to lacrosse submarine warfare ^at the hands of the pirates of the Fraser river. DOUBT vs CERTAINTY Why are the hig railroads using the telephone for dispatching purposes? 7 *��������� . ' '** ' , Because,of its certainty and safety. THERE IS NO GUESS WORK ABOUT W)NG DISTANCE TEIiEPSONJNG ^ -Xv x When you finish your conversation you know your message has been received and, you already have tlie answer. Renumber also, that you do not pay for messages not delivered. NO TALK, NO PAY 1 All the Company's telephones are available for service day and night. British Columbia Telephone Co. limit*! 1 HEATING *onom.Utoft^iency��������� Our Business his Pc������ built up pv merit alone LEEK & CO. Heating Engineers. 1095 Homer St. Sey. 661 Vancouver Engineering Works, Ltd. ENGINEERS, MACHINISTS IRON & STEEL FOUNDERS 519 Sixth Ave. West. Vancouver, B. C. Sovereign Radiators Artistic in design. Perfect in finish. Made in Canada'. Taylor-Forbes Co. LIMITED Vancouver, B. C. " Frank Patrick, manager of the Vancouver hockey team, president of the. P. G. H. L. and etc., has" joined the ranks of the benedicts and with his bride are sojourning at the Panama fair. Mr. Patrick will be home1'in tjme for the hockey hostilities, and "will assist materially in gathering the players for the proposed Seattle, team, as well as his own Vancouver team. I There is a possibility, according to report, that Fred Taylor and Si Griffis will have charge of the Seattle hockey team, this winter. If this proves true, it will be a serious bldw to the Vancouver team as these players'are the absolute back-bone of the champions. On the other hand, however, it is a step up for them and if the report be true the Vancouver/friends of both Taylor and Griffis will wish them'all the good luck possible in their venture. Since the Pacific Coast League was organized ., these players have been associated with the local dub, and their private life is just as clean as their athletic life, which is a most commendable recommendation. Tay lor and Griffis will be sadly missed on the Vancouver team, but the fans will still have the pleasure of seeing them play for at least one more season. ��������� ��������� * The football leagues are organizing for the season. There are a good many of the players who are off to the |front with their regiments. Those who are free to go have no business playing football at home. Their position is in the forward line on the road to Berlin. * Others there are who at the present time cannot possibly be in the army. Their duty is at home. The league should be composed of men who cannot enlist, otherwise there should be no football. Let us hope the MEN among the athletes will obey the cajl to the colors this year instead of the referee's whistle to a game of football. ��������� ��������� ��������� Frank Barrieau, the Vancouver boxer, is going under the wing of Harry PoUok, the manager of Freddie Welsh. Barrieau has the earmarks of.a champion and if properly handled should make a name for himself in the ranks of boxing profession. ��������� ��������� ��������� Sporjt lovers^ will find abundance of game along the lines of the Pacific Great Eastern Raid way, north of Squamish- Fish and game of all kinds abounds there, and with the coming of the open season for game in the course of a couple of weeks, large bags are promised hunters who go along this route in quest of sport. ��������� ��������� 9 The Mt. Pleasant Presbytenans won three out of five events in the finals of the tennis tournament on Saturday last. Chalmers ehurch captured the other two. On Saturday the winners in the~ Vancouver Presbyterian tennis tournament will go to New Westminster to meet the winners in the Presbyterian, tdurnament in that place. benefitted improperly from the awarding or carrying out of contracts in connection with the war. Canadian electors ������������������ should not forget that greater scandals have occurred in Great Britain during the war than in Canada. The excessive profits made by manufacturers almost have caused ������������������*>- revolt among the workingmen of England. It has resulted in the government taking over the management- of. the large munition plants. It will be seen, therefore, that the necessity of awarding contracts hurriedly makes it almost impossible: to entirely prevent mercenary manufacturers from securing unwarranted profits upon their work. What the Borden government has dofle is the best that any government could do. Immediate investigation, restitution and punishment of the guilty, is what has been accomplished, and it is the treatment that will be meted out to all others. Canada has rea-* son to be proud of its federal government.���������Sentinel. ���������% ~~ WEST WILL TELL -i_i_i_faSi__^^Xvf; X -X I ������-._���������-.> ' j- * m ������������������.. i a. >* t > h t 4. *, , I B*iB__________i_fe'X >-Vs ;-,V . I The common argument is that when Russia is disposed of the Germans will turn their attention to the British and French. But this apparently means that Germany is willing to let England have several months' breathing space for the manufacture of shells, expecting to counter against allied ammunition with German masses of men. The truth is that men as well as g>iUs counted in the Austro German victories in Galicia. Behind the guns were the' winter- 1 rained troops^a.new army which Germany had a choice of using in the east or the west. She chose Bussia because that was the weakest line of resistance, because the chances of a great sweep were much brighter in Galicia than in the west, and a great forward movement was necessary to stimulate public sentiment at home and shape neutral sentiment in the Balkans. Against the Allies in the west, guns or no guns, Germany could not hope for anything like a decisive advance; and for the simple reason that in the west she had to reckon with superior men���������both in numbers and in fighting efficiency, Russia in Galicia was not only outmunitioned, but outnumbered. She had against her from southern Poland to Bukowina no less than eight or nine German and Austrian armies, at least a million and a half, and to oppose them she had less than a million. TBE WAR CONTRACTS Canadian history does not contain any better example of governmental integrity than that which the Borden government has displayed-in the investigation of the war contracts. Political friends as well as political opponents have had exactly equal treatment. Conservatives have been read out of the House of Commons; Conservative contractors have been submitted to the searchlight of the Royal Commission, which shows an utter disregard for partisan considerations. Sir Robert Borden has set a new and higher standard in the public life of Canada by his treatment of all those who have J. Dixon House Phone: Bay. G. Momqr 886 House Phone: Bay. 1187L Office Phone: ' < i Seymour 8765-8766 DIXON A MURRAY Office and Store Fixture rtanufacturers Jobbing Carpenters . X Painting, Paperhanging and fcusomtolng Shop*. 1066 Dunsmuir St. V������wo������inr������r, B.C. 5 .' 4 i"A WE MBAN tO DO IT XXf TRB OOOIi OP 958 EVEMXQ In the cool of tbe evening, when the low, sweet whispers waken, When the labourers turn them homeward, and the weary have their will, When the censers of tbe roses o'er the forest-aisles are shaken, Is it but the wind that cometh o'er the far green hill? -\ For they say 'tis but the sunset winds that wander through tbe h������mther> Rustle all tbe meadow-grass and bend the dewy fern; They say 'tis but the winds that blow the reeds in prayer together, And fill tbe shaken pools with fire ' along the shadowy burns. In the beauty of tbe twilight, in the Garden that he loveth, They have veiled his lovely vesture with the darkness of a name! Through his Garden, through his Garden, it is but the wind that moveth, No more; but O, the miracle, the miracle's the same! In the cool of the evening, when the sky is an oldy story, Slowly dying, but remembered, aye, and loved with passion still, Hush!���������the fringes of his garment, in the fading golden glory, Softly rustling, as he cometh o'er the far green hill. Alfred Noyes. ~ Our young men are not failing us in the field, and our -workmen will not fail us in the factory. We are not in a state of alarm and discouragement because the Germans have got to Warsaw; we are not wringing our hands because temporarily there is a deadlock in the western area. We are doing our utmost to make onr-. selves as great a military power Westminster Gazette. as we are a. naval power, .wid though no other "nation haa eve* accomplished that feat in tliahia- tory of Europe, we mean to do it Of course we make .mistakei; and, of course, onr achievementi fall short as yet of onr hopes and expectations. But we aet no limit to our effort except what If enough* and we shall not weary until in concert with onr tUiea we have achieved onr purpose.��������� J > i 4^-q ', j-'a.L 4 If- * ������ ������*. jr*v f ���������_ L J > x ii>^iS AA x>*. 'Vi'ot.1 e%fiH 5c a loaf st your dote or pbone Fairmont ���������44- MITTER NOT cd ee totter "tin wrappwl 5C JiOSf Two ounce* more of ricjmew an4 qotjift^plui CJ*AW4N|SS ���������a loaf of crisp, brown BUTTER NUT BREAD in its protective wrapper; rich in flavor; nutritious in food value. BUTTERNUT BREAD ' ''comes wrapped" SHELLY BROS. Also Bakeii of 4Z Bre*4 ^ailtiSrWear Mad������ .ritiaK^ ColanvtizL' There are a number of "reasons WHY you should purchase LECKIE SHOES in preference to others. One good reason is that LECKIE SHOES are made in British Columbia in a British Columbia institution by British Columbians. Every'penny yon pay for LECKIE SHOES remains here in British Columbia. You pay no duty. Another reason is that you can not purchase a better shoe on the market. Any man who wears a LECKIE will testify to that. At Leading Dealers Everywhere A PASTORAL 8CTNE NEAR VANCOCVEB ��������� '">x - -^ rf '1 ^ THE WESTERN CALL Friday, August 27, IffJS XX tl V, 4 **? ~~ '. K*' /. .' .! & -. X " Ii" "* 7. r -."f LOCAL ITEMS OF IMIREST VAT HASTINGS PARK AGAIN - Owing to the cold weather set-, ting in in the course of a few weeks, it is possible that'the military camp at Vernon will be somewhat demoralized some time next month, and the-probability is that some of the men will be quartered at Hastings park again this winter. We shall be glad to have the soldier lads in the city again, and no doubt they will be glad to be; here. CONVENTION MEETINGS - During the Prohibition convention now on several important speakers will be heard, amongst them Mrs. Nellie,.McClung, Rev. Principal Lloyd and Rev. F. W. Patterson. All three are among the Dominion's best speakers on the temperance problem. The business sessions are. held in the morning and afternoon in Hamilton Hall; and at the arena rink in the evening, to which the public is cordially invited to be present. FACTORY BURNED THIEVES AT WORK Thieves broke into the premises occupied by Mr. Trimble, at the corner of Main and Broad- claimed that for the same reason ihe liquor traffic is . hated ��������� it made war on non combatants, the women and. children. The great war showed that the weak MT. PLEASANT Y.PJ3.C.E. A well attended meeting of the above society was held in the schoolroom on Monday evening last Mr. Lesher- and Miss K. Black had charge of the meeting and gave very interesting papers on ;the subject. Miss Stoiy gave a piano solo of real merit which was enjoyed by all. A letter was'read from Mr. Norman Somerville, a member of the society, who is now at the front with the CanadianVf-orces. Fanned by a westerly wind fire destroyed a factory at the intersection of Glen Drive and 8th avenue Tuesday morning, damage being to-the extent of about $20,000, with very little insur- ance. The destroyed factory was occupied vby four concerns, which include the -Winnipeg Casket Company, the Cooder Canadian Rust Proof Screen Company, the Imperial Trunk Company and M, Wright's wood' factory. Messrs, Strong and Kennedy owned the building. The cause, of the fire, while not definitely known, is suppos ed to have originated in the wood working factory, where it must have been' smouldering for some little time. The alarm was rung in at 9.20, and although the fire department was quickly on the scene, the place was enveloped in flames on their arrival. Five halls turned out and the brigades confined themselves to prevent the surrounding buildings from catching fire.* Fireman McKechnie and Fireman Roy Broderick were both injured, but not seriously. ' Another Fire Another fire took place on the premises of. Mr* A. R. MeDougall, cor. 15th and Kingsway earlier the same morning. Mr., MeDougall discovered the fire early in the morning in his back shop, and called the brigade, which soon had the flames under control. How this fire started Mr. MeDougall is at a loss to know. Slight damage to stock was the result.- ������������������-"-��������� way, during Sunday night, and had rights even though they were removed a number of hams, the unable to enforce them, thief ha\ing apparently an eye Mrs. McClung referred to the to the needs of the coming win- measure of prohibition in Alber- ter. Others entered the house of ta that would be law as a result Chin Sun and took a quantity of carpenter's tools The teachers and officers of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Sunday School Association ''had a most enjoyable time on their annual picnic last Saturday to Horse Shoe Bay, on Howe Sound. About forty-five were present, and but for the delay at the North Vancouver terminus of^he P. G. E. the party would have been at the -picnic grounds earlier in the day. However, a real good time was spent and all returned home late in the evening pleased with the day's outing. TAG DAY ON SATURDAY of the recent voting. While the sale of liquor in'that province would be prohibited the manufacture of lqiuor could not be interfered with nor could anyone be prevented" from sending outside the province for a supply. A memorial] .service to the late. Captain Markham, of the Seafortb Highlanders, word of whose death reached - the city this week, will be held at St.j, Mary's church, 37th and Larch street on Sunday at 3 p.m. WOOD DOMINION WOOD YARD "SPECIAL" X 3 Loads of Edgings $5.00 in No. 1 District, also All kinds of Mill Wood Phone: Fair. 1554 Tag Day for the collection of money in aid of British Columbia's general hospital 'for overseas service is to be held on Saturday, and arrangements are now completed for the day's campaign. No one will have a, fighting chance to escape the hospital ladies, for they will be on every corner almost in the city, and no one should try to ?et past them. If you have a dime pass it on, if you have a copper drop it in. If you have J. Trainer, 166 17th' avenue west, met with a painful accident yesterday in a collision between two autos at the corner of ^Beatty and Georgia streets. Trainer was a passenger in one of the machines and was pitched out on the ground. He suffered a fractured leg. and was taken to the general hospital. THE TERRIBLE TORPEDO At the torpedo's head is an explosive chamber, which holds damp gun-cotton. This is fired by means of a rod which, on contact with the walls of a ship, is up< driven in u_>on a detonator. This fires a primer, which in turn exr pven a tango ticket it will help, plodes the gun-cotton, Mount Pleasant Shoe Repair Shop BEST SHOE REPAIRING ON THE "HILL." Three Months' Guarantee on Work Done on Ladies' or Men's Shoes. Work Done While You Wait. Rubber Heels Put on in Ten Minutes. 2488 Wain Stmt, Next, to Leo Building but give, give, give. Our boys are fighting for us at the front, a cold/ severe winter wiU place many of vthem in need of the very things tag day means to bring to them.' It is our business so let us help all we can. MRS. NELLIE) McCLUNG ADDRESSES LARGE CROWD Your ac[- here will bring you results. 11 Quarts for $1-00 Guaranteed above tbe All our milk cornea from standard, m Butter fat. tuberculin tested cows. It any Person can prove tbat our mills is not pure in every way, we wiU cheerfully donate $50.00 to any charitable institution in tbe city. Delivered to your Home Daily HIUXREST DAIRY Pbone: Fair. 1934 131 15th Avenue W. Before an audience that filled every available seat in the Or- pheum theatre, Mrs. Nellie McClung, the'well known Canadian authoress, of Edmonton, delivered an address on "Canadian Ideals" last Sunday night in which she made -an urgent appeal "to her hearers to further the cause of prohibition in British Columbia. RevXI. W. Williamson presided, and Seated on the platform were many prominent citizens. Mrs. McClung, who is well known in the west through her writings and the part she played in the recent political campaign in Manitoba and the prohibition campaign in Alberta, was warmly received. She illustrated her address with word pictures of incidents that had come under her notice during many years of active life in western Canada. She declared herself as an out and out prohibitionist, but cautioned her hearers fco be satisfied with any measure of prohibition that could be obtained. Mr. Williamson, in his opening remarks, intimated that the ^prohibitionists- would pass judgment on Sir Richard McBride's promise of a referendum at the convention to be held this week. Until then, he said, any opinion expressed .would be an individual opinion and not one in any way committing prohibionists. Mrs. McClung, in announcing her subject, said that every country has its own characteristics. What will Canadians be known as in the years to come among the nations of. the world? she risked, and declared that there was no harm in. discussing what Canadians would like to be. Canada should be known as the tend of & fair deal, and it was for fair play for'the women and children that Mrs. McClung made her appeal more directly to the wjnn'en to fight for the abolition of'- the liquor traffic By this means the men who are slackers miprht be trough* to realize* their duty to the women and children. Why the German Kaiser is hated is because he made war on non- combatants, and the speaker The next chamber stores compressed air to the pressure of 2,000 pounds to,the sq. inch. This is practically the boiler-room of the torpedo, for it supplies the motive power to the four-cylinder engine which drives it through the water on its errand of destruction. Next comes the wonderful gyroscopic control of the air-motor by which the rudders are adjusted. This is where the intricate mechanism of the torpedo is so cjearly demonstrated. Should it rise or dip in the water this gyroscope actuates a motor which in turn operates rods related with the rudders, and at once readjusts any deflection from the pourae originally set. The motor mentioned is but a few inches in length, yet -the power it' exerts by means of compressed air is such that the pressure of half an ounce operated by the steering gear pro- dues a pull of 160 pounds on the rudders! This terrible fish's tail holds wheel gearing for the driving of two propellors and the manipulating of the rudders. The propellers revolve in opposite directions, thereby preventing the torpedo describing-a circle. f ��������� ' *- -i X ��������� South Vancouver, Notice! NEW FEED STORE OPENED With a Complete Supply of POUX.TEY SUPPUBS, BAT, QBAUT, CHOP, ETC. \ V V Vernon Feed Co. 4MB AND 7BA8BB (���������Branch from Mt. Pleasant) WB 8TAFD FOB QUALITY, 8HBVIOB AM) LOW PBI0B8 THE "B^OGRAPH" OF GREAT BRITAIN You Can Save Money By Using TANGO STREET CAR TICKETS Eight AA 25 Cents THIS IS HOW n\ WORKS OUT . 32 Rides on Tour Saving on TangoTickets '" $1 Investment 32 Rides at a 5 cent fare $1.60 $1.00 60c NOW ON SALE ON ALL B. C. ELECTRIC CITY CARS AND OFFICES AS WELL AS AT NUMEROUS STORES THROUGHOUT VANCOUVER. Good (without transfer) on any B. C. Electric line within limits of Vancouver from & a.m. until midnight. SOUTH VANCOUVER STARTS TRUNK SEWER it ������������������v> ARTILLERY PRACTICE The New York Evening Post, Under the caption above noted, gives the following interesting resume in _ a __recent jnumber .regarding the German Bockade of Britain: "It is now almost exactly six months since the German admiralty proclaimed its submarine "blockade" of Great Britain, and announced that "every hostile merchantman . . will be destroyed." What are the net results of military value. One great aim of the campaign was to cut off supplies from England���������especially foodstuffs. Without imported food, England would starve. Thus the English threat of starving out Germany was to be restored. Yet during the first five months of. submarine activity . in British waters, the official figures of imports show that 100,000 tons more of foodstuffs were received in England than during the corresponding five months of 1914. This does not look as if the .German plan of reducing England by starvation were succeeding any better than the British scheme to leave Germany with only half enough food to live on. As for the actual destruction of British shipping���������virtually all- of it insured, by the way, so that the owners lost nothing���������it is variously estimated, but is surely less than one per cent, of the vessels actually coming and going through the war zone. Lloyd's Register has recently issued the quarterly returns of new ships���������. leaving out men-of-war under construction in British yards at the end of June. The total is 1,- 500,000 tons. The tonnage of the ships sunk by the Germans is a little over 200,000. Thus the British mercantile marine is not exactly disappearing. In fact, despite, the submarines, the year has been one of large profits for shipowners." : Sewerage construction has been commenced by South Vancouver to connect with the trunk sewers laid by the Vancouver and District Joint Sewerage and Drainage Board. Work is being commenced on 16th Avenue, near Ontario St., on the day labor system, instead of by contract, and the council has $.300,000 in hand with which to proceed with the work of linking .up tbe thickly-populated areas adjacent to Vancouver with the main trunk sewers. A sewerage by-law was passed last, January for .$400,000, but failing to sell tbe debentures the council issued three-year 6 per cent, treasury certificates to the value of $320,000. These certificates were later sold to Messrs. Spitzer, Boriek & Co.,, ot Toledo, Ohio, and netted the sum of about $306,000 to the municipality, all of. which has been received. Only a few men have been started, but it is hoped to put on a -large- gang shortly:- Hundreds of men assembled at the municipal "hall, and the officials were kept busy recording the .names and addresses of the men, who must have resided, in South Vancouver for at least three 'months before they are considered eli gible for employment. CHEAP FUEL f j At Hanbury's Special Prices until August 15, delivered: Slabs ������k7& Edgings ..ftlK) Inside Ffr M* Riln-dried Kindling \ .g.W Bark ..,, few South Wellington Lump Coal,_per ton f(MW South Wellington Nut Coal, per ton 10.00 J. Hanbury *h Co. M, Cor. 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Title | The Western Call |
Publisher | Vancouver, B.C. : Terminal City Press |
Date Issued | 1915-08-27 |
Description | Published in the Interests of Greater Vancouver and the Western People. |
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Vancouver (B.C.) |
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Language | English |
Notes | Print Run: 1910-1916 Frequency: Weekly Published by Dean and Goard from 1910-01-07 to 1910-04-01, Terminal City Press from 1910-04-08 to 1915-12-24, and then McConnells from 1915-12-31 to 1916-06-30. |
Identifier | The_Western_Call_1915_08_27 |
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Source | Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives. |
Date Available | 2012-09-14 |
Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/ |
AIPUUID | f87f6ecd-1be2-41fb-944a-3c611fd2a229 |
DOI | 10.14288/1.0188611 |
Latitude | 49.2500000 |
Longitude | -123.1167000 |
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